Blogs from Panama, Central America Caribbean - page 152

Soon after the last posting I did a few more reasonably constructive things, and here´s a quick rundown/summary of what came to be after leaving David: (You read me wrong audience, for your information ´David´ is a town , not a guy - let´s get that straight for starters) BOQUETE: a lovely, sweet, small and charming town an hour from David in the Chiriqui highlands. Rivers run through it, with a lush green landscape, it has no humidity, a lack of travellers & a few sheep up in the hills - I loved it , it reminded me of home. I attempted to climb Volcan Baru for about 3 hours but was still 9km from the top, running out of water & food, getting headaches, it pissed down, the views were awful (because there weren´t ... read more

I know I'm more than 10 days late, but there is too much to talk about and too little time left before I have to be in Brazil, so please be patient. For a quick update: I'm still in Colombia and I'm loving it. I just finished a diving course at Tayrona National Park, area controlled by the paramilitary, so it's pretty safe for turists. I'm heading to Venezuela tomorrow. First day on boat: The group on the boat was composed of the capitan, Hernando Higuera, five of guys from the hostel, myself and a Dutch girl that we were going to meet in El Porvenir, where the boat was going to leave from. Some gender imbalance there? You can add that the boat is 33 feet in length and smaller than my kitchen in Oakland ... read more

FINALLY we found Cristina!! Gracias Ana! And FINALLY Brad is ok again. Thank God! Cristina threatened to send him to the hospital for some miracle shot they gave her little sister (through a whopping great syringe!) just a few days earlier...suddenly Brad was feeling much better! Being a big city girl, Cristina took us to all the upmarket, airconditioned malls in town, with huge food-plazas, cinemas and arcade-game joints..and STORES!! Brad got a sk8 pin, Sara got some nice jeans, and we both got lucky when Cristina decided to shout us a meal or two...trying to fit in half the national delights she could think of..all at once! Aha, and Madagascar (the latest addition to the long list of animated animal movies), is a big laugh...at least in Mexican Spanish, órale compadre!! The second day doing ... read more

Buenas amigos! After our 2-week bread and mango diet in Cuba we've finally found some gooood food!! Here are some pics, enjoy!!... read more

Slow days in Panama. Last night, and the night before that, Brad had a bad fever, shivers and muscle pain....he sweat so much we had to wring his t-shirt out this morning!! Spent the night worried changing cold wet towels on his hot forehead. Please pray for him, don't know if it's a bacteria from all that tapwater we've been gulping or a nasty mosquito bite... In between long stints in the hotel-room trying to recover watching Alf and Magnum dubbed to Espanish (no wonder Brad's sick!), we've done hours of cruising round town on public transport..old American school buses covered in graffiti-like murals and everything from Bible verses to old girlfriends' names adorning thier windshields...not to mention the loud loud cumbia, reggaeton and salsa hits pumping the whole way... Roligt. Yesterday, we were trying to ... read more